about the new jobs report, and also defending what he said about taking aim at migrants who throw rocks. here's terry moran. >> reporter: news of the booming economy came as a shot of adrenaline for president trump, heading into the final weekend of the campaign. >> and what job numbers we had today. did you hear? did you hear? well, we'll go into that. they all say, speak about the economy. speak about the economy. >> reporter: with just four days to go, today's jobs report gave the president something to talk about. 250,000 jobs added in october. wages rising at the fastest clip in nearly a decade. >> america now has the best economy in the history of our country and we want to keep it this way. >> reporter: the happy economic news allowed the president to pivot away from what had been his closing argument -- the politics of fear, stoking anxiety about that migrant caravan making its way through central america.